A self-styled 'area commander' of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) was today killed in an encounter with police near Dusmile in Ranchi, said a senior officer.
Acting on a tip-off, Ranchi and Khunti police launched a search operation in the Khunti-Ranchi border area where the encounter with the PLFI ultra Dinesh Saw ensued early this morning.
Saw, who was active in Khunti, Ranchi, Tupudana and Hatia and was wanted by the police in various cases, was killed in the encounter, said Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar.
Four of his accomplices, however, managed to escaped and a massive search operation has been launched to apprehend them, he said.
Arms and ammunition were recovered from the victim, Kumar said adding that a detailed seizure list was being prepared.
Meanwhile, an alleged arms supplier was arrested soon after he got off Jansatabdi Express at Badajamda station in the naxal- hit West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, said Superintendent of Police, Michael Raj S.
The SP said that 10 wireless sets and naxal literature have been recovered from the possession of the arrested supplier, identified as Bhaskar Chakraborty, who was coming from Kolkata on the Howrah-Barbil Jansatabdi express.
Chakraborty allegedly used to supply wireless sets, naxal literature and arms to the Maoists in Saranda forest of the district, the SP said.
